diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ed433ce0..7bcc0a32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: lint
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/imagekit-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/imagekit-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
@@ -61,44 +61,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run build
         run: rye build
-
-      - name: Get GitHub OIDC Token
-        if: |-
-          github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/imagekit-python' &&
-          !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/stl/')
-        id: github-oidc
-        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
-        with:
-          script: core.setOutput('github_token', await core.getIDToken());
-
-      - name: Upload tarball
-        if: |-
-          github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/imagekit-python' &&
-          !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/stl/')
-        env:
-          URL: https://pkg.stainless.com/s
-          AUTH: ${{ steps.github-oidc.outputs.github_token }}
-          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
-        run: ./scripts/utils/upload-artifact.sh
-
-  test:
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    name: test
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/imagekit-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-
-      - name: Install Rye
-        run: |
-          curl -sSf https://rye.astral.sh/get | bash
-          echo "$HOME/.rye/shims" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        env:
-          RYE_VERSION: '0.44.0'
-          RYE_INSTALL_OPTION: '--yes'
-
-      - name: Bootstrap
-        run: ./scripts/bootstrap
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: ./scripts/test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml b/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml
index a52ac7fb..a6374d9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash ./bin/check-release-environment
         env:
+          RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
           PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.IMAGE_KIT_PYPI_TOKEN || secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a922d704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    if: github.repository == 'imagekit-developer/imagekit-python'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4.4.1
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stlc-promote.yml b/.github/workflows/stlc-promote.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69e80f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stlc-promote.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: Promote SDKs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  promote:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      PRODUCTION_REPO: imagekit-developer/imagekit-python
+      PRODUCTION_BRANCH: master
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SDK_WRITE_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out staging
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Fetch production main
+        run: |
+          git remote add production \
+            "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${PRODUCTION_REPO}.git"
+          git fetch production "${PRODUCTION_BRANCH}"
+
+      - name: Check if production is already in sync
+        id: diff
+        run: |
+          STAGING_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/main)
+          PRODUCTION_SHA=$(git rev-parse production/${PRODUCTION_BRANCH})
+          if [ "$STAGING_SHA" = "$PRODUCTION_SHA" ]; then
+            echo "Production is already at $STAGING_SHA. Nothing to release."
+            echo "synced=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "synced=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Push staging main to the release branch on production
+        if: steps.diff.outputs.synced == 'false'
+        run: |
+          git push production origin/main:refs/heads/stainless/release --force
+
+      - name: Open or update the release PR on production
+        if: steps.diff.outputs.synced == 'false'
+        run: |
+          EXISTING_PR=$(gh pr list \
+            --repo "${PRODUCTION_REPO}" \
+            --head stainless/release \
+            --state open \
+            --json number \
+            --jq '.[0].number')
+          if [ -z "${EXISTING_PR}" ]; then
+            gh pr create \
+              --repo "${PRODUCTION_REPO}" \
+              --base "${PRODUCTION_BRANCH}" \
+              --head stainless/release \
+              --title "Release SDK updates" \
+              --body "$(git log --oneline production/${PRODUCTION_BRANCH}..origin/main)"
+          else
+            echo "Release PR #${EXISTING_PR} already exists. Force-push has updated it."
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99150044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: Sync Release-As from release PR title
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [edited]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    if: >-
+      github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' &&
+      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release-please--') &&
+      github.event.changes.title != null
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Extract versions from old and new title
+        id: parse
+        env:
+          NEW_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          OLD_TITLE: ${{ github.event.changes.title.from }}
+        run: |
+          # Anchored on pull-request-title-pattern "release: ${version}" from release-please-config.json.
+          extract() {
+            echo "$1" | grep -oE '^release:[[:space:]]+v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?' \
+              | sed -E 's/^release:[[:space:]]+v?//'
+          }
+          NEW_VERSION=$(extract "$NEW_TITLE")
+          OLD_VERSION=$(extract "$OLD_TITLE")
+          echo "old=$OLD_VERSION"
+          echo "new=$NEW_VERSION"
+          if [ -z "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::No semver in new title; nothing to do."
+            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if [ "$NEW_VERSION" = "$OLD_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::Version unchanged ($NEW_VERSION); not pushing."
+            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Check out master
+        if: steps.parse.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: master
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Push empty Release-As commit
+        if: steps.parse.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.parse.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "release-as-bot"
+          git config user.email "release-as-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: pin next release
+
+          Release-As: ${VERSION}"
+          git push origin master
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 45327aad..58526a77 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 configured_endpoints: 48
-openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/imagekit-inc/imagekit-01267e4c07ec30011b8445babed88fbd2133b65198f42d0310b7ab39c74751d4.yml
-openapi_spec_hash: 7c103e2dff0edcbeea82057e62f58d4d
-config_hash: 7ef70b333059ca21bef0f0a6d4cbb282
diff --git a/bin/check-release-environment b/bin/check-release-environment
index b845b0f4..98d98fbc 100644
--- a/bin/check-release-environment
+++ b/bin/check-release-environment
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 errors=()
 
+if [ -z "${RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN}" ]; then
+  errors+=("The RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN secret has not been set. Create a fine-grained GitHub PAT and add it as a repository secret.")
+fi
+
 if [ -z "${PYPI_TOKEN}" ]; then
   errors+=("The PYPI_TOKEN secret has not been set. Please set it in either this repository's secrets or your organization secrets.")
 fi
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index cd36a977..d93f3fea 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "packages": {
     ".": {}
   },
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stainless-api/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "versioning": "prerelease",
-  "prerelease": true,
+  "prerelease": false,
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "pull-request-header": "Automated Release PR",
diff --git a/scripts/utils/upload-artifact.sh b/scripts/utils/upload-artifact.sh
index ace7ffbf..f6c63024 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/upload-artifact.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils/upload-artifact.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ UPLOAD_RESPONSE=$(curl -v -X PUT \
 
 if echo "$UPLOAD_RESPONSE" | grep -q "HTTP/[0-9.]* 200"; then
   echo -e "\033[32mUploaded build to Stainless storage.\033[0m"
-  echo -e "\033[32mInstallation: pip install 'https://pkg.stainless.com/s/imagekit-python/$SHA/$FILENAME'\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[32mInstallation: pip install 'https://pkg.stainless.com/s/imagekit-python-staging/$SHA/$FILENAME'\033[0m"
 else
   echo -e "\033[31mFailed to upload artifact.\033[0m"
   exit 1
diff --git a/src/imagekit/lib/.keep b/src/imagekit/lib/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e2c99fd..00000000
--- a/src/imagekit/lib/.keep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
-
-This directory can be used to store custom files to expand the SDK.
-It is ignored by Stainless code generation and its content (other than this keep file) won't be touched.
\ No newline at end of file